Early life

McDyess was born in Quitman, Mississippi and attended the University of Alabama.

Playing career

As a prep, McDyess was one of the top 30 players nationally, and made the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic. McDyess played college basketball at the University of Alabama. In 1995 he was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers as the second overall pick in the NBA Draft and was traded to the Denver Nuggets before the season began for fellow power forward Rodney Rogers and a mid-first round pick that turned out to be Brent Barry. McDyess's explosive leaping and power dunking ability allowed him to average 17.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game over his first six seasons. In 1997, before his third year, McDyess was traded to the Phoenix Suns. He returned to the Nuggets as a free agent the next season. However, his return was not without controversy. During the NBA lockout in the winter of 1999, he was negotiating with both the Suns and Nuggets. He and the Nuggets had a verbal agreement for Antonio to return to Denver. However, he had second thoughts, and considered re-signing with the Suns. According to Sports Illustrated, McDyess invited Jason Kidd, Rex Chapman, and George McCloud to Denver to talk things over. While attending an Avalanche hockey game at McNichols Arena, Dan Issel told security to not let the three Suns players into the building. Without any further consultation, he re-signed with the Nuggets. In 1999, McDyess became just the third Nugget to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds for a season, after Dan Issel in 1977-78 and George McGinnis in 1978-79. Considered an up and comer, the quiet McDyess was selected to be a part of the gold-winning U.S. Olympic men's basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics (as a replacement for injured Tim Duncan).

Early in the 2001-2002 season McDyess suffered a serious knee injury, a Patellar tendon rupture, that required season-ending surgery. McDyess struggled to play through the injury, re-aggravating it several times and going through additional surgeries over the next few seasons. He was sidelined due to injury for the remainder of the 2001-2002 season as well as the entire 2002-2003 NBA season. McDyess was traded to the Knicks on June 26, 2002 in exchange for Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and the draft rights to Nenê, the seventh overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. McDyess began the 2002-2003 season as a highly anticipated addition to the New York Knicks. But on October 8, 2002, with 1 minute 55 seconds left in an exhibition game against Phoenix, McDyess reinjured the knee while dunking a rebound. He would undergo another surgery four days later. In the 2003-2004 season, McDyess was traded to the Phoenix Suns after just 18 games with the Knicks in an eight-player deal that brought Stephon Marbury to New York. He remained healthy while in Phoenix for the remainder of the 2003-2004 season and became an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2004. In the 2004 offseason, his knee was declared healthy and the Detroit Pistons signed him for the full mid-level exception.

As a member of the Pistons, McDyess was successful in reinventing his game. In his first season with the Pistons, McDyess became a dependable sixth man, averaging 9.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per 23.3 minutes. He relied mostly on mid-range and turn-around jumpers, but remained an efficient scorer, with a 51.3% FG% (ranked 13th in the NBA) in his first season with the Pistons. In 2007-08, following the departure of Chris Webber, McDyess became the Pistons' starting power forward.

On November 3, 2008, McDyess returned to the Denver Nuggets when he was traded, along with Chauncey Billups and Cheikh Samb, for Allen Iverson. He was released on November 10 and became a free agent after he cleared the 48-hour waiver window. McDyess re-signed with the Pistons on December 9.

The San Antonio Spurs reached an agreement with McDyess on July 8, 2009 to a three-year deal worth the mid-level exception.

On December 19, 2011, McDyess was waived by the Spurs.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995-96	Denver	76	75	30.0	.485	.000	.683	7.5	1.0	.7	1.5	13.4
1996-97	Denver	74	73	34.7	.463	.171	.708	7.3	1.4	.8	1.7	18.3
1997-98	Phoenix	81	81	30.1	.536	.000	.702	7.6	1.3	1.2	1.7	15.1
1998-99	Denver	50	50	38.7	.471	.111	.680	10.7	1.6	1.5	2.3	21.2
1999-00	Denver	81	81	33.3	.507	.000	.626	8.5	2.0	.9	1.7	19.1
2000-01	Denver	70	70	36.5	.495	.000	.700	12.1	2.1	.6	1.5	20.8
2001-02	Denver	10	10	23.6	.573	.000	.818	5.5	1.8	1.0	.8	11.3
2003-04	New York	18	6	23.4	.458	.000	.579	6.6	1.1	.7	.6	8.4
2003-04	Phoenix	24	14	21.1	.484	.000	.516	5.8	.7	1.0	.5	5.8
2004-05	Detroit	77	8	23.3	.513	.000	.656	6.3	.9	.6	.7	9.6
2005-06	Detroit	82	0	21.1	.509	.000	.557	5.3	1.1	.6	.6	7.8
2006-07	Detroit	82	3	21.1	.526	.000	.691	6.0	.9	.7	.8	8.1
2007-08	Detroit	78	78	29.3	.488	.000	.622	8.5	1.1	.8	.7	8.8
2008-09	Detroit	62	30	30.1	.510	.000	.698	9.8	1.3	.7	.8	9.6
2009-10	San Antonio	77	50	21.0	.479	.000	.632	5.9	1.1	.6	.4	5.8
2010-11	San Antonio	73	16	19.0	.491	.000	.675	5.4	1.2	.5	.5	5.3
Career		1015	645	27.6	.497	.117	.670	7.5	1.3	.8	1.1	12.0
All-Star		1	0	15.0	.444	.000	.000	8.0	2.0	1.0	.0	8.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998	Phoenix	4	4	36.8	.477	.000	.643	13.3	1.0	.5	1.5	17.8
2005	Detroit	25	0	19.8	.486	.000	.694	5.9	.8	.6	.9	8.0
2006	Detroit	18	0	20.6	.559	.000	.548	6.1	.6	.4	.7	7.6
2007	Detroit	16	0	22.1	.349	.000	.731	7.1	1.1	.7	.9	5.8
2008	Detroit	17	11	27.5	.538	.000	.821	7.4	.9	.6	.5	8.9
2009	Detroit	4	4	34.0	.523	.000	1.000	8.5	.5	.5	.8	13.0
2010	San Antonio	10	10	24.7	.532	.000	1.000	6.8	1.2	.2	.7	6.8
2011	San Antonio	6	6	24.2	.417	.000	.571	5.0	1.3	.3	.8	5.7
Career		100	35	23.6	.487	.000	.689	6.8	.9	.5	.8	8.1

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